From long-time user DarthDerek:

Ok , so here is my experience.
I have made 4 orders through him this year.
(1st)Earlier this year made a BS6"Tarkin preorder around April. I totally expecting to wait.

(2nd)made a 4-Lom preorder around May. Again, I'm in no rush and totally expecting to wait for it.

Ok this is where things didn't feel right.⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️

(3rd) NorthmanCollectables website had a sale around June/July, so I decided to make a order consisting of about 6-8 items that were all on sale, and according the the website, ALL INSTOCK!
So about a month goes by with no deliveries yet.
Now I didn't think to much of it at the time, even though I was a little puzzled about the delayed 3rd order, that order should have already shipped, it was all INSTOCK.  But I assumed that Northman was waiting for my first preorder ( BS Tarkin) to arrive and then ship both my 1st and 3rd order altogether in one shipment to save on shipping cost for them. And I assumed this because By this time Tarkin was already all over Walmart stores, and figured Tarkin preorder should arrive very soon.

Another two weeks goes by and BS Tarkin has shown to be NOW INSTOCK at NorthmenCollectables but I still don't see any delivery confirmation.  Now I'm alittle worried.

So at this time a collector friend of mine mentioned he saw northman at a trade show and mentioned that he loosely knows him, So I asked friend to see if you can get my order from the trade show and take it so he could give it to me, and this will save Northmen shipping costs, as this is what I thought was the issue.......boy was I wrong.

So my friend delivers one item (BS REY SPEEDER) out of 8-9 items of both my order (1) and order (3).
Now I'm thinking what the HECk!  But Finally a week later the rest of my order was delivered and the remainder of orders 1 and 3 are now complete. All items were nice and packed well. Although I thought INSTOCK items took way to long to be delivered, I was happy to have my sale priced items finally.😀

It's early September , all is fine, I'm only waiting for my preorder (#2) 4-Lom order, and I know that 4-Lom hasn't come in for online retailers yet, so again, I'm not worried.

Ok here we go again!!!
(4th) Order.  It's first week of October and I notice again that NorthmenCollectables is having another FALL SALE. So I take a look and see many things I'm interested in.

So I make my (4th) order and I make sure that I DO NOT make any preorder and only purchase INSTOCK, FOR DISCOUNT items so that I get my order in a timely matter.

My (4th) order was:
- 17 TVC 3.75" Kylo Rens @$4.99ea.
- 17 TVC 3.75" Rey @$4.99ea.
- 6   TVC Jynn Erso @$4.99ea.
- 1   EE Exclusive Six Astromech Droid set @$29.99
- 1   1983 Kenner Baggie Salacious figure @$4.99
- 1   1983 Kenner Baggie Jabba hooka pipe @$4.99

The order was close to $300 so I knew that I was over the $100 threshold for free shipping.

OK HERE IS THE BIG THING ,I also ordered from another online retailer (in Toronto just like Northmen) on the same day and that retailers order which was much bigger in size, arrives the next day.....WOW!👍

Ok , Two weeks go by and nothing happens from Northmen.    Emagine ordering from a Ebay Seller and they haven't even shipped yet!  But this is supose to be a Newer big Canadian online retailer. 

Ok it's about October 21st and I start to try and find out about my order, mainly because all those $4.99 TVC figures were intended to be Halloween trick or treat gifts. ( we get a lot of kids 300-400) ... (REALLY...LOL)

So I phone him ( he is a one man show) and I email him, and I correspond through the Northmen Website.
I end up speaking to him 4 time on the phone, and getting two or three email responds, to my emails.
This guy has Zero Customer service skills. First conversation he is just blaming the world ! It's everyone else's fault, hasbros fault, other customers fault, Canada's postal partial strikes fault, "how can I get anything done if you customers expect your deliveries".......WHAT!?!?
He bragged about getting out 5, that's right FIVE parcels for delivery the other day.

BUT! When I ask him what any of this has to do with my (4th) order. He goes back to the same rant....Hasbro this, Hasbro That etc etc etc.    Each time the correspondents ends with "Let me lookin to it, email me your order number"........AND THEN NOTHING, until I start calling all over again.
This happens over and over, for about a week and a half. STILL NO DELIVERY!!!   

So I finally email him and call him one more time, saying "before I make a Visa Claim" please get my order ready and I will drive to your store and pick it up.

So again I speak to him ( each time it's like I'm talking to him for the very first time.....FRUSTRATING AS HELL!)
I tell him I will see him tomorrow .

NOVEMBER 7th
I drive two hours to Toronto, to get to Northmens store for their opening of 12:30pm
I buzz in and walk upstairs to meet Austin and his 10foot X 10 foot office which is jammed with a desk, a phone, a computer Screen, and boxes to the ceiling with only a foot and a half wide isle that leads from the front door of the bedroom to the desk on the back wall.

While I was there he didn't say hello, he complained to me and another collector that was their that when people phone and he doesent awnser , " don't be f..king stupid and call right back, come on!".  I found this funny, because this is the only way I could get him to awnser me back....lol.

So anyways, I'm there his store.  I said I have all the time in the world and that I would just like to recieve my order.
He is like " look at this place(messy) how can I get to anything" ...... I'm thinking WHAT!?!?! This guy has no idea what he is doing, A good looking website ,sure, sure, but as I see what is behind the Wizzard of OZ curtain I know now that this operation is a bust!

So after all this one might think he would had my order somewhat ready as I was coming .......NOPE!

But here is the worst thing. (Refer to my 4th order above) he could not fulfill my TVC Kylo RENs, he couldn't ful fill my Rey's, gave me all Jynns instead and on top of that, he shorted me two figures without compensation(38 of 40 figs).  His reasoning, "What, you got them on sale".
I did get the 1983 hooka pipe, but he said he doesent know where the 1983 Salacious was, AND! WAS NOT WILLING TO LOOK.
THE EE exclusive six droid set that I really wanted, he said he can't get to it right now , there in the back corner and there are other boxes in front of them. He said "I will ship them to you later".

I disagreed with this, and said, I drove two hours to get my order , and I'm not leaving here until this order is settled in some form or another.

Bottom line! after lookin around on a few other FaceBook collector sites, there are people saying the same thing!
Looks like he ships easy orders like 1 figure that just came in etc.
Larger , harder orders he doesent fulfill.

Now this dosent really go to you SNOWTROOPERS but more too others that might see this site and are the ones on Facebook sites wondering where your bigger orders are?

IF I WENT DOWN TO HIS STORE, AND HE WAS NOT WILLING TO NOT BE LAZY AND FULFILL MY ORDER, OF WHICH HE SAID HE HAD , FROM A TEN FOOT BY TEN FOOT ROOM (not very hard). 
THEN WHAT DO YOU THINK YOUR CHANCES ARE OF GETTING YOUR ORDER SHIPPED TO YOU?

DarthDerek

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I have an admission to make - I've never gone through these until now. I must say, I have been very pleasantly surprised so far, although I'm only half-way done the ESB adaptation.

There are many ways to read these now - I had purchased & saved the Dark Horse "A Long Time Ago...." omnibus editions of them around the time they went out of print, so that was affordable. Marvel has started re-printing them for themselves again in both (expensive) hardcover omnibus format (very nice, oversized pages) and their more reasonable EPIC COLLECTION line of full-colour softcovers.

Marvel's online comic reading service may be a good bet (I would think if you paid for a 1 month subscription you'd have a good chance to get through most of it).

All in all, they are much closer to how I think the story could have gone than pretty much anything else I've read over the years. I was expecting crappy comics & characterization but have gotten the opposite - they had the tone of the characters down pat.

Some of the art is a bit sketchy to say the least, but I find it easy to substitute the characters from my mind's eye into the situations provided by the comics. All in all, well worth the time it would take to check them out if you can find an affordable way to do it.

Well I watched most of the deleted scenes first & have to say there were 2 I thought added some needed context, both involving Finn. First when he's telling Poe he didn't join the army, then the resolution of that when he tells Rose they're going back to where "they" belong, meaning (to me, anyhow) that he's finally committed to The Resistance. The rest were appropriately left on the cutting room floor.

I'm assuming many have seen this? I missed it in the theatre but watched the bluray over the past 2 days - where Iron Man 3's humour fell flat, this landed on me properly. I was giggling through most of the movie. Anyone else seen it?

This is a work in progress, any additions or corrections you see needed please post & advise. 

Vintage Original Trilogy Collection (2004)

All-new, super articulated versions of 8 vintage figures. Many included soft goods. These were sold in clear clamshells right at the point of purchase & were available in Canada..... for a premium price (I remember getting mine at the Superstore in Nanaimo, BC). Even years later, these sculpts are still being used (WM Exclusive SA Chewie was a variation on this figure for example, and a slightly different version was packaged in with the BMF).

Han Solo
Luke Skywalker
Obi Wan Kenobi
Princess Leia
Darth Vader
C3PO
Lando Calrissean
Yoda
Boba Fett
Chewbacca
R2-D2
Stormtrooper

Vintage Saga Collection (2006)

Continuing the deluxe collection started pre-ROTS, this was the same idea - super articulated versions sold with clamshell packaging protection.

Luke X-Wing
Greedo
Tusken Raider
Biker Scout
Han Solo Endor

Vintage 30th Anniversary Collection (2007)

As above, super-articulated with clamshell.

Bossk
Han Solo Hoth
IG-88
Luke Skywalker Bespin
Princess Leia Endor
Stormtrooper Hoth

The Legacy Collection (2008 - 2010) featured what might have been the most glorious era of remade & newly made figures from the OT (YARNA, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD THEY FINALLY MADE YARNA), however these were not available on vintage style packaging. I only mention it in passing because there is A LOT of product from this collection that could easily be re-packaged and pumped back out as part of TVC over the next couple of years.

The Vintage Collection (2010-2013)

A favourite era for many modern SW collectors to be sure. Hasbro released a ton of characters from the entire story canon on vintage style packaging. Of interest, they chose to number the line so collectors could keep track of which figures they were still looking for a little bit more easily (and to stoke a bit of desire for figures that were destined to be pegwarmers, if I can be so bold). This collection also included vehicles, creatures & multipacks all using the vintage packaging look.

I am shamelessly (ok, it's not 100 percent shamelessly, I do feel a modicum of shame) copying & pasting Rebelscum's incredibly detailed checklist here:

Basic Figures

Wave 1 - The Empire Strikes Back
__ VC01: Dengar
__ VC02: Leia (Hoth Outfit)
__ VC03: Han Solo (Echo Base Outfit)
__ VC04: Luke Skywalker (Bespin Fatigues)
__ VC05: AT-AT Commander
__ VC06: See-Threepio (C-3PO)
__ VC07: Dack Ralter
__ VC08: Darth Vader
__ VC09: Boba Fett
__ VC09: Boba Fett ("Revenge of the Jedi")
__ VC10: 4-LOM
__ VC11: (Twin-Pod) Cloud Car Pilot

Wave 2 - Revenge of the Sith
__ VC12: Darth Sidious
__ VC13: Anakin Skywalker (Darth Vader)
__ VC14: Sandtrooper
__ VC15: Clone Trooper
__ VC16: Obi-Wan Kenobi
__ VC17: General Grievous
__ VC18: MagnaGuard
__ VC19: Clone Commander Cody
__ VC20: Yoda

Wave 3 - Return of the Jedi
__ VC21: Gamorrean Guard
__ VC22: Admiral Ackbar
__ VC23: Luke Skywalker (Jedi Knight Outfit / Endor Captive)
__ VC24: Wooof (Klaatu)
__ VC25: R2-D2 (with Pop-Up Lightsaber)
__ VC26: Rebel Commando
__ VC26: Rebel Commando (Version II)
__ VC27: Wicket
__ VC28: Wedge Antilles

Wave 4 - Attack of the Clones
__ VC29: Kit Fisto
__ VC30: Zam Wesell
__ VC31: Obi-Wan Kenobi
__ VC32: Anakin Skywalker (Peasant Disguise)
__ VC33: Padmé Amidala (Peasant Disguise)
__ VC34: Jango Fett
__ VC35: Mace Windu
__ VC36: Senate Guard
__ VC37: Super Battle Droid

Wave 5 - Mixed Waves Begin
__ VC38: Clone Trooper (212th Battalion)
__ VC39: Luke Skywalker (Death Star Escape)
__ VC40: R5-D4
__ VC41: Stormtrooper
__ VC42: Han Solo (Yavin Ceremony)
__ VC43: Commander Gree (Greatest Hits)

Wave 6
__ VC44: Luke Skywalker (Dagobah Landing)
__ VC45: Clone Trooper (Phase I)
__ VC46: AT-RT Driver
__ VC47: General Lando Calrissian
__ VC48: Weequay (Skiff Master)
__ VC49: Fi-Ek Sirch (Jedi Knight)

Wave 7
__ VC50: Han Solo (Bespin Outfit)
__ VC51: Barriss Offee (Jedi Padawan)
__ VC52: Rebel Fleet Trooper
__ VC53: Bom Vimdin (Cantina Patron)
__ VC54: ARC Trooper Commander (Captain Fordo)
__ VC55: Logray (Ewok Medicine Man)

Wave 15 - Delayed until 2012
__ VC56: Kithaba (Skiff Guard)
__ VC57: Dr. Cornelius Evazan
__ VC58: Aayla Secura
__ VC59: Nom Anor
__ VC60: Clone Trooper (501st Legion)

Wave 8: includes "Revenge of the Jedi" Chase Figures
__ VC61: Prototype Armour Boba Fett (2011 Mailaway)
__ VC62: Han Solo (In Trench Coat)
__ VC63: B-Wing Pilot (Keyan Farlander)
__ VC64: Princess Leia (Slave Outfit)
__ VC65: TIE Fighter Pilot
__ VC66: Salacious Crumb (SDCC 2011 exclusive)
__ VC67: Mouse Droid (SDCC 2011 exclusive)

Wave 9
__ VC68: Rebel Soldier (Echo Base Battle Gear)
__ VC69: Bastila Shan
__ VC70: Ponda Baba (Walrus Man)

Wave 14 - The Phantom Menace (carry-forwards from "Discover the Force" released in November 2012)
__ VC71: Mawhonic
__ VC72: Naboo Pilot
__ VC73: Aurra Sing
__ VC74: Gungan Warrior

Wave 10 - The Phantom Menace (New cardback debuts)
__ VC75: Qui-Gon Jinn
__ VC76: Obi-Wan Kenobi (Jedi Padawan)
__ VC77: Ratts Tyerell & Pit Droid
__ VC78: Battle Droid
__ VC79: Darth Sidious
__ VC80: Anakin Skywalker (Jedi Padawan)
__ VC81: Ben Quadinaros & Pit Droid
__ VC82: Daultay Dofine
__ VC83: Naboo Royal Guard
__ VC84: Queen Amidala (Post-Senate)
__ VC85: Quinlan Vos (Mos Espa)
__ VC86: Darth Maul

Wave 11 - Return of the Jedi (Deleted Scenes)
__ VC87: Luke Skywalker (Lightsaber Construction)
__ VC88: Princess Leia (Sandstorm Outfit)
__ VC89: Lando Calrissian (Sandstorm Outfit)
__ VC90: Colonel Cracken (Millennium Falcon Crew)
__ VC91: Rebel Pilot (Mon Calamari)

Wave 12 - New mixed waves resume
__ VC92: Anakin Skywalker (The Clone Wars)
__ VC93: Darth Vader (A New Hope)
__ VC94: Imperial Navy Commander
__ VC95: Luke Skywalker (Hoth Outfit)
__ VC96: Darth Malgus (The Old Republic)

Wave 13
__ VC97: Clone Pilot Davijaan (Oddball)
__ VC98: Grand Moff Tarkin
__ VC99: Nikto (Vintage)
__ VC100: Galen Marek (The Force Unleashed II)
__ VC101: Shae Vizsla

Wave 16
__ VC102: Ahsoka Tano (The Clone Wars)
__ VC103: Obi-Wan Kenobi (The Clone Wars)
__ VC104: Lumat
__ VC105: Emperor's Royal Guard
__ VC106: Nien Nunb
__ VC107: Weequay (Hunter)

Wave 17: includes "Carbon Freeze Chamber" Chase Figures
__ VC108: Jar Jar Binks
__ VC108: Jar Jar Binks [Lost Line]
__ VC109: Clone Trooper Lieutenant
__ VC109: Clone Trooper Lieutenant [Lost Line]
__ VC110: Shock Trooper
__ VC110: Shock Trooper [Lost Line]
__ VC111: Leia Organa (Bespin)
__ VC111: Leia Organa (Bespin) [Lost Line]
__ VC112: Sandtrooper (with Patrol Droid)
__ VC112: Sandtrooper (with Patrol Droid) [Lost Line]

Wave 18
__ VC113: Republic Trooper
__ VC114: Orrimarko
__ VC115: Darth Vader (Emperor's Wrath)
__ VC115: Darth Vader (Emperor's Wrath) [Lost Line]

Exclusives

Singles
__ VCP01/02: "4-LOM" / "Zuckuss" (TVC Convention 2-Pack)
__ VCP03: Boba Fett (Rocket-Firing Mailaway)
__ VC61: Prototype Armour Boba Fett (2011 Mailaway)
__ Jocasta Nu (Brian's Toys)

Multipacks
__ Death Star Scanning Crew (Kmart)
__ Endor AT-ST Crew 2-Pack: Special Action Figure Set (Kmart)
__ Ewok Assault Catapult (Kmart)
__ Ewok Scouts 2-Pack: Special Action Figure Set (Kmart)
__ Imperial Scanning Crew (Kmart)
__ "Lost Line" Carbon Freeze Chamber 7-Figure Set (SDCC 2012)
__ "Revenge of the Jedi" 14-Figure Death Star Set (SDCC 2011)
__ Special Action Figure Set (Target)
__ Vintage 3-Pack (Android Set): C-3PO, R2-D2, Chewbacca (Target)
__ Vintage 3-Pack (Droid Set): R5-D4, Death Star Droid, Power Droid (Target)
__ Vintage 3-Pack (Hero Set): Luke Skywalker, Ben Kenobi, Han Solo (Target)
__ Vintage 3-Pack (Imperial Forces): Bossk, IG-88, Snowtrooper (Target)
__ Vintage 3-Pack (Imperial Set): Imperial Commander, Dengar, AT-AT Driver (Target)
__ Vintage 3-Pack (Rebel Set): 2-1B, Leia (Hoth), Rebel Commander (Target)
__ Vintage 3-Pack (Villain Set): Stormtrooper, Darth Vader, Death Star Trooper (Target)
__ Vintage 3-Pack (Villain Set - 2012): Sand People, Boba Fett, Snaggletooth (Target)

Creatures
__ Luke Skywalker's Tauntaun (Target)

Vehicles
__ AT-AP
__ B-Wing Starfighter (K-Mart)
__ Biggs' Red 3 X-Wing Fighter (A New Hope - Toys "R" Us)
__ Imperial AT-AT (The Empire Strikes Back - Toys "R" Us)
__ Imperial AT-AT (Return of the Jedi - Toys "R" Us)
__ Imperial TIE Fighter (Target)
__ Landspeeder (Target)
__ Millennium Falcon (Star Wars - Toys "R" Us)
__ Obi-Wan Kenobi's Jedi Starfighter (Episode III)
__ Rebel Armored Snowspeeder (Target)
__ Republic Gunship (Attack of the Clones - Toys "R" Us)
__ Scout Walker AT-ST (Return of the Jedi - Kmart)
__ Slave I (The Empire Strikes Back - Amazon)
__ TIE Interceptor (Return of the Jedi - Amazon)
__ V-19 Torrent Starfighter
__ Y-Wing Starfighter (Toys "R" Us)

This topic has been moved to The Vintage Collection (TVC).

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